Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the time " in BNC.

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1 It had been better , a long time ago it had been better , when their loving had made Frank , and better up to the time of Adam 's birth .
2 Well I mean it 's , it 's well as soon as , it 's , well did you write in and object in within the time ?
3 Consultants say most children with cancer have a good chance of recovery , but this new service , costing £750,000 a year , aims to improve treatment and research and cut down on the time spent on the ward .
4 Form criticism examines the way in which the traditions of Jesus were preserved and handed on in the time before the writing of the Gospels .
5 Work began at seven in the morning and went on until the time , as the station-master put it , ‘ when the work is finished ’ , usually seven in the evening .
6 Held , allowing the appeal , that on its true construction section 9(4) of the Evidence ( Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions ) Act 1975 was a paramount provision which limited all other provisions of that Act and related back to the time of the events in respect of which evidence was sought rather than forward to the time when such evidence would be given ; that since all the evidence sought from the retired Crown servant related to matters which had come to his notice in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown , section 9(4) applied and the court had no jurisdiction to make the order for his examination ( post , p. 197F–G , H ) .
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